#football stadium

[scotianostra]

On October 31st 1903 Hampden Park stadium opened in Glasgow as the home of Queen’s Park Football Club.

Sources differ some say October 25th but SFA state 31st

Hampden was the biggest stadium in the world, it would hold this record until 1950 when The Maracanã Stadium in Rio, it held and incredible 199,854 for the final.

Back to Hampden, it opened for a league game on this day in 1903, three years late it held it’s first international when Scotland played England in front of a crowd of 102,741 people, which established Hampden as the primary home of the Scotland team.

Attendances continued to increase during the remainder of the 1900s, as 121,452 saw the 1908 Scotland v England match. A new world record of 127,307 were in attendance to see Scotland play England in 1912.

World record crowds attended Scotland matches against England in 1931 and 1933 and it was 33 that saw the first team from mainland Europe, Austria visit the stadium. Further ground improvements increased the official capacity of the ground to 183,388 in 1937, but the SFA were only allowed to issue 150,000 tickets for games. The 1937 Scotland v England match had an official attendance of 149,415, but at least 20,000 more people entered the ground without tickets.

During WW2 a government official presented an order demanding that both the Hampden and Lesser Hampden pitches be ploughed and used to plant vegetables, but the Queen’s Park committee chose to ignore the order and the government did not pursue it.

Hampden hosted the 1960 European Cup Final; Real Madrid defeated 7–3 Eintracht Frankfurt with 130,000 people in attendance. By the time the next European cup final was held in 1976 between Bayern Munich of West Germany and Saint-Étienne of France the attendance had fallen to 54,670. The French complained about the goalposts stating that two of their efforts which hit the square crossbar and rebounded into play would have resulted in goals if it had been round!

Hampden was aging and the capacity was cut 81,000, redevelopment started in October 1981 and completed in 1986, reduced the capacity to 74,370 and cost £3 million. After the cancellation of the annual Scotland v England fixture in 1989, questions were raised as to whether Scottish football required a separate national stadium, other venues were mooted but the SFA and the stadium committee rejected these and after securing a grant of £3.5 million in 1992, work to begin on a £12 million project to convert Hampden into an all-seater stadium, Hampden was re-opened for a friendly match between Scotland and Netherlands on 23 March. The final stage of the renovation began in November 1997, costing £59 million, inevitably the price soared but Hampden was re-opened for the 1999 Scottish Cup Final. The ground now has a capacity of 51,866.

The stadium was again fit to host the top matches and Real Madrid were again victorious when Hampden Park hosted the 2002 UEFA Champions League Final, defeating Bayer Leverkusen, with Zinedine Zidane scoring the winning goal with a left-foot volley.

In 2012, a Scotland women’s national football team game was played at Hampden for the first time, when it hosted the first leg of a European Championship qualifying playoff against Spain and Hampden was temporarily converted into an athletics stadium for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.

To celebrate the 60th anniversary of the European Championship in 2020 the National stadium has been chosen by Uefa as on of 13 venues for the competition and I am sure the people of Scotland will welcome whoever is chosen to play in Glasgow.

With the advent of big stadium concerts Hampden has been used to host a wealth of worldwide acts Genesis and Paul Young performed in the first concert at Hampden, in 1987. The Rolling Stones played there in 1990, during their Urban Jungle Tour. Since the redevelopment of Hampden was completed in 1999, many acts have performed there, including The Rolling Stones, Rod Stewart, Tina Turner, Bon Jovi, Eagles, U2,Oasis, George Michael, the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Neil Diamond, Take That, AC/DC, Bruce Springsteen, Coldplay, Pink, Paul McCartney, Rihanna, and Beyoncé.

The national stadium takes a lot of stick, but the cost of building a new one is way out of reach for the SFA, but if they somehow came up with funding I think it would be more suited to be somewhere around the Stirling area, I would also like to see a train station as near as damn it next to it, we can but dream though..........

[thingsifoundongeoguessr]

This lion statue has had enough

[sports-talk]

football moodboard

*ೃ༄ my club, my one and only club .ೃ࿐

[calciopics]

If stadiums were based on famous movies & series by 433 AI

[louisupdates]

Louis Tomlinson at Allianz Parque, São Paulo [2.4.2024] 📸 Fabio Tito

[dix-a-la-proprietaire]

Some shots on goal

[supersaiyanblonded]

Vicente Calderòn

[rodhunt]

University of Utah Stadium Cutaway Cross Section Building Illustration by Rod Hunt

Rod Hunt was commissioned by Pentagram to create an architectural cutaway building illustration of the University of Utah’s Rice-Eccles Stadium for University of Utah Magazine showcasing the facilities in the new Ken Garff University Club.

From gourmet bites to social delights, the Ken Garff University Club adds a fresh spark to our evolving campus scene.  

Get to Know the Club. The Ken Garff University Club operates in designated spaces on all three floors of the south end zone building. Some areas of the building are closed to club members. On game days, only football season ticket holders and athletics donors can access the building.

Restaurant Level Restaurant (A) and bar (B) with daily specials and a seasonally rotating menu; (C) Hospitality breakfast station open M-F; (D) AV-capable board‑ room for private events; (E) Patios for dining and events in warmer months.

Suite Level (F) Private suite available to work in; (G) Spaces available to rent for private events.

Field Level (H) Large central space hosts away-game watch parties, yoga in summer, and other events

View the full University of Utah Stadium Cutaway Illustration project

© Rod Hunt 2024

rodhunt.com

[spacemiguel]

Un poco de fútbol nunca viene mal.

[shidivaslimdown]

[emirphotoblog]

East stand of the football stadium in Novi Pazar. The "mantije" inscription on wall means the name of famous local food.

[scotianostra]

Looking down on The Dumbarton Football Stadium AKA The Rock, from the castle,taken April last year. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[wuattier]

nfl, cdmx

[mamotreco]

Photo by Mamotreco. Listen to my leftfield synth tracks while checking out these photos.

[surelookbutnothingtoseehere]

[virtualscotland]

A look around Motherwell in Scotland - not an obvious tourist destination but let's see what there is to do! We enjoyed it a lot as a day out and hope to visit again soon to explore inside the things that were closed while we were there (it was a Sunday morning to be fair!) 😀 Enjoy! 😍